Milton A. Rothman was best known to generations of science-fiction
readers for a single classic story written at age 19: "Heavy Planet,"
published under the byline of "Lee Gregor" in 'Astounding Science
Fiction' in 1939 at the beginning of the Golden Age and kept in print
for decades in the classic anthology 'Adventures in Time and Space'. He
was also a pioneer of early fandom, a founder of the Philadelphia
Science Fiction Society, a fanzine publisher, and a World Science
Fiction Convention chairman. After World War II, he became one of the
country's leading nuclear physicists, but continued to write science
fiction throughout his life. Here, for the first time, all his science
fiction stories are collected in one volume, giving a clear picture of
the author's development from youth to old age, reflecting lifelong
preoccupations with physics, mathematics, music, the futility of war,
and, of course, science fiction itself. Here is an authentic voice from
the early years of the modern science fiction field. Features an
introduction by science fiction master Frederik Pohl.
Contents:
- Milt Rothman (Introduction) by Frederik Pohl
- Heavy Planet
- Shawn's Sword (as by Frederik Pohl and Milton A. Rothman)
- Asteroid
- Flight to Galileo
- Power Plant
- Last Night Out
- Formula for Galaxy I
- Formula for Murder
- Getting Together
- Fusion
- Prime Crime
- The Eternal Genesis
- Holocaust
- Skylark vs. Thought
- The Musician
- The Bridge
- Edward: A New Ballad
- The Reunion
- The Direct Line
- The Hidden World of Milton Rothman (essay) by Tony Rothman
- Milton A. Rothman — Science Fiction Pioneer (essay) by Robert A. Madle